“Missing a few brain cells? Print new ones
A printer that spits out ultra-fine droplets of cells instead of ink has been used to print live brain cells without causing them any apparent harm
A PRINTER that spits out ultra-fine droplets of cells instead of ink has been used to print live brain cells without causing them any apparent harm. The technique could open up the possibility of building replacement tissue cell by cell, giving doctors complete control over the tissue they graft.
The device is a variant of a conventional ink-jet printer. Instead of forcing individual droplets of ink through a needle-shaped nozzle and onto the page, the cell printer uses a powerful electric field to produce droplets just a few micrometres in diameter, far smaller than is achievable by other means.”

Wow – this is just what I need. I’ve always been missing a few brain cells and now my worries could be at an end!

Added to which with my business printer able to churn out hundreds of sheets in no time I could make a tidy bit of cash on the side supplying those equally short on BC’s!

If only life were so simple - oh well perhaps it is.

"Definition of root-bound

Definition as written by Floridian:
When a plant grows for too long in its container, it generally becomes root-bound. With no room for additional growth, roots become tangled, matted, and grow in circles.
Root-bound plants placed in the ground without having their roots untangled often fail to overcome their choked condition. This results in stunting the plants growth and potential."

Of course this doesn't just apply to plants!

A plant can happily grow in one for spot for a long time. But as it grows it may outgrow it's space and become constricted, choked, suffocated. It may suddenly stop thriving, it's potential to bloom may become stunted and the gloss and vigour of it's leaves may become dulled.

People can be like that too.

Star wars is out there..........

http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/mg18925331.200

if we can just get this quantum gravity sorted...

"Half an apple and two Brazil nuts will do it, if that's all you can face."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2006/01/10/hfbestb10.xml

Unfortunately half an apple and two brazil nuts would be no good to me as I would spend the rest of the morning with an itchy mouth and have to go out and get some anti-hystamine tablets. A handful of cherries and some hazelnuts and I'd be under the doctor! Food allergies play havoc with sensible eating. However I thought the blueberries and fromage frais sounded nice - I could cope with that!

It reminds me of the home-made soft cheese we had when I stayed on a farm in France as a girl. Like Petit Suisse but more rugged and it varied from day to day. But that was to die for. A sprinkle of sugar and it was heaven melting on your tongue. We would have that and then my French companion would break up some slabs of dark chocolate and shove the chunks into a baguette and off we would go for the day. The idyll of rural France!

But back to breakfast. Do you ever find that consuming a bowl of cornflakes leaves you feeling hungry and in need of some actual food! Has that effect on me.

"An enterprising local dairy has developed a new Mozart yogurt and a Mozart dessert drink - flavoured with chocolate, hazelnut and marzipan.

As well as yogurt, you can buy Mozart sausage, Mozart baby bottles and Mozart perfume. Traders here are hoping for a bumper year."

What!?!

Surely Mozart's sausage is now a little past it's prime. The perfume is an intriguing idea though. Now just what did Mozart smell like...